Digital Event Horizon
In an era where breakthroughs in various fields are increasingly dependent on high-performance computing systems, JUPITER stands as a game-changer for Europe's research landscape. With its unparalleled capabilities in AI simulation and quantum computing, this exascale supercomputer is poised to accelerate groundbreaking discoveries across multiple disciplines, setting the stage for a new wave of scientific breakthroughs.
NVIDIA has unveiled JUPITER, the first exascale supercomputer in Europe. JUPITER is powered by the NVIDIA Grace Hopper platform and features unprecedented scalability for quantum simulation. The system will accelerate breakthroughs across various disciplines, including climate science, neuroscience, and quantum research. Groundbreaking projects are underway, including simulations of atomic-level insights into nuclear transport models and medical imaging advancements. JUPITER aims to empower European researchers with optimal energy efficiency, helping scale the continent's AI leadership.
Jülich, Germany - In a historic moment that marks a new era for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI) research in Europe, NVIDIA has officially unveiled JUPITER, the continent's first exascale supercomputer. Powered by the NVIDIA Grace Hopper platform, this cutting-edge system is accelerating innovative applications across various disciplines, including climate science, neuroscience, quantum simulation, and more.
At a ceremony attended by Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, and NVIDIA, Thomas Lippert, director of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, described JUPITER as "the culmination of more than a decade of research and development." This system represents a unique innovation, opening up completely new possibilities for science and industry in Europe. With JUPITER, Europe gains its most advanced AI supercomputer, built for large-scale simulation and AI, powered by NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips and Quantum-2 InfiniBand.
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, noted that JUPITER fuses high-performance computing and AI into a single architecture. A platform for next-generation scientific computing, it will accelerate breakthroughs across every domain — from modeling climate and renewable energy to advancing quantum research, designing new materials, and building digital twins. "JUPITER marks the beginning of an exciting era in computing," said Huang.
To kick off JUPITER's operational phase, a number of groundbreaking projects are underway. The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics will use JUPITER to simulate the nuclear pore complex — the largest protein assembly in cells — to achieve atom-level insights, advance nuclear transport models, and combat retroviruses like HIV. In another initiative, the University of Edinburgh will generate synthetic data to train LLMs that can reason over long documents in any language.
Particle physics is also benefiting from JUPITER. The University of Wuppertal will use this system to significantly increase the resolution of its microphysical computations, including studying the magnetic moment of an elementary particle, called muon, and potentially discovering new particles and interactions. In addition, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will develop spatio-temporal compression and diffusion architectures that enable the creation of high-quality, accessible video models to advance applications from medical imaging to autonomous driving.
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre and a German consortium of nine European partners from research, industry, and the media are also tapping JUPITER for TrustLLM, a project training the next generation of LLMs for various European languages.
Furthermore, neuroscience researcher Thorsten Hater at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre plans to use JUPITER to simulate the behavior of individual neurons on the subcellular level with the Arbor simulator. Such simulations will be crucial for developing therapies to combat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
One of the most significant benefits of JUPITER is its ability to handle qubits — the basic units of information in quantum computing — at unprecedented scales. While a typical laptop can only handle about 32 qubits, an exascale computer like JUPITER could surpass 50 qubits — a significant milestone for quantum simulation.
Empowering European Researchers with Optimal Energy Efficiency
JUPITER is powering Europe's most challenging research initiatives, helping scale the continent's AI leadership with optimal energy efficiency. As stated by Jensen Huang, "The system represents a unique innovation, opening up completely new possibilities for science and industry in Europe."
Related Information:
https://www.digitaleventhorizon.com/articles/JUPITER-Europes-First-Exascale-Supercomputer-Powers-Breakthrough-Research-Across-the-Globe-deh.shtml
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/jupiter-exascale-supercomputer-live/
Published: Fri Sep 5 11:23:05 2025 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
